Recently had a walk around London City cemetery in Wansted. I notices a number of older graves with square labels wired to them saying that the grave was been considered for reclamation, if you have an interest please contact the cemetery office. Not sure of the exact detail but think it may be graves over a hindred years old where there has been no contact with the grave owner. Bit sad as there were some quite elegent bits of sculpture. I wonder if they will take a photographic record before disposal? Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "La Greenall" <elde.worth@ntlworld.com> To: "'Tony Pottrell'" <editor@pyroport.com>; <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Plans to re-use graves I suppose you could try squatting on it... Seriously, though, the report gives the impression that this will happen everywhere at the same time, to the same degree, but I bet there's serious hotspots that need urgent action. I can't see there being any such problem at WA for some time yet. Our cemy is divided into two by a road, and the 'old' half (say pre-1900) has mostly been cleared ready for a new batch. The new half took roughly a century to fill up. I must say, though, that as a historian I'd prefer double-decking and retention of the old inscriptions to a complete clearance. Plenty of my ancestors are now memorial-less. To answer your question (sort of), I'm sure that living relatives have rights over their family grave plots; when I buried my dad in 06 and had to pay £500 for the plot, I'm sure the certificate said that I 'owned' it (or the right of burial in it) for 100 years. Therefore, any plans to commence double-decking would technically require all living plot-owners to be contacted - though we know that will happen, don't we! Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tony Pottrell Sent: 14 November 2008 21:28 To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com; eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com; eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] Plans to re-use graves Hi all, Just spotted this : http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3085406.html Does anyone know if its possible to "register" a claim/interest in a grave to prevent this from happening? Tony ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.2/1784 - Release Date: 12/11/2008 19:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.2/1784 - Release Date: 12/11/2008 19:01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message